Cotton Row Project Could Bring Hotel with River Views

Developers will soon float an idea to the Memphis Landmarks Commission to leave the facades of two Cotton Row buildings but remove most of the rest of them for a new hotel.
Sachs-Haynes Development LLC, of New York City, has applied to the commission for the idea that would redevelop 99 and 105 South Front Street.
The two buildings — one known as the Oliver Building the other as the Stewart Building — are in a “prime location which includes unobstructed river views with close proximity to a trolley stop — both of which are uniquely Memphis waterfront features.”
But the buildings have challenges that have been too great for developers to overcome for years. Deterioration, termites, outdated construction materials and...